Nets To Stop Over In Russia On Way To China
by Net Income on Sep 9, 2010 10:31 AM EDT
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You knew it was only a matter of time and indeed, Mikhail Prokhorov's Nets will visit Moscow next month on their way to China for preseason games. The Times reports that the team will hold an open practice and a basketball clinic for 3,000 Russian youth in the Russian capital. The complete itinerary has yet to be set but Adam SIlver, the NBA's deputy commissioner, told a Moscow newspaper "many activities" are planned around the visit.
It will be a hectic 11 days for the Nets, as they make a complete circuit of the globe...and up to Boston. They play the 76ers in Newark the afternoon of October 9. Then, they're off. Sovietsky Sport, a Russian sports magazine, reports the Nets will be in Moscow the next day. After that, they fly across Eurasia to play the Rockets in Beijing on October 13 and again in Guangzhou in southern China on October 16. Finally the Nets cross the Pacific to complete their round-the-world journey. A day after arriving back in New Jersey, they'll take more simple transit, a bus, across the Hudson to play the Knicks on October 19. The next day, it's back on the plane for a short hop up to Boston to play the Celtics in their last preseason game. Mercifully, they have a week off before Opening Night vs. the Pistons.
The trip was expected to be announced on Thursday along with the opening of an NBA office in Moscow. The announcement came right around the time Team USA beat Team Russia at the FIBA World Championships...all of it on the 38th anniversary of the famous 1972 Olympic Gold Medal Game in Munich when the Soviet Union defeated the US.
- Nets to Make Stop in Russia to Help Boost N.B.A. Ties - Jonathan Abrams - New York Times
- Mission to Moscow - Moscow News
- NBA Opens Moscow Office to Grow Brand - Moscow Times
- NBA opens office in Russia - AP
- NBA opens new league office in Moscow - NBA.com
- The New Jersey Nets are coming to a country near you - Trey Kerby - Yahoo! Sports
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woo!
Exactly 1 month till preseason! hyperventilates
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Considering they've got a West Coast trip..
in mid-October as well, AJ might want to rest the starters the last few pre-season games..
That's a lot of travel
I just hope the guys don’t get worn out and/or injured. Seems like all that travelling would take a toll on the body even before the season starts.
by TheMann2 on Sep 9, 2010 10:32 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Global Brand?
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Sep 9, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
a year ago
Prokhorov hadnt even been announced as Nets owner. There had been a couple of rumors, then on September 18, the deal was disclosed. It’s All New.
What a good oppurtunity to pick up some vodka
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
October 9th vs 76ers is in Virginia!?
I thought that game was at the Rock. I was going to go to that game. Is that correct?
does anyone think the preseason games will have nice crowds?
"I want to win, I want the team to win and I'm in complete control."
-Coach Avery Johnson.
Why Virginia?
Been out of the Nets loops for about a month so this is the first I’m hearing about a Va game. I like all the globetrotting but don’t get the Virginia move. No game at St. John’s this year?
"Proky is NBA dumb!"
Are Russia and China ready for Melo drama and Lala?
by ispartan on Sep 9, 2010 1:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Doesn't sound feasible to do the clinic on Oct. 10. Oct 11 would be possible.
Nets would lose about 8 hours + flight time, if they are playing on Saturday evening Oct. 9. That would mean it would already be early morning in Moscow by the time they would board the plane late Saturday night.
They would arrive at the earliest in the late afternoon of the Oct 10, with whatever sleep possible on the flight over.
Not possible on Oct 10.
China is 12 hours off schedule, so it will take several days at minimum to get re-adjusted.
Still doesn't give them any time to sleep except on flight over.
I can see TWill sleeping on the bench.
Now that it is looking like USA will be playing Turkey for Championship, when will we learn if Proky will make it to the championship game?
And has anyone spotted Billy King? One way or the other, I can see Billy King meeting up with Proky.
Billy King is smart. He will Kiss. …s.
What a great opportunity
for the Nets to view the World and other cultures. It will probably be the first time for many of the players to travel abroad.
I hope they have a safe trip and enjoy themselves, (even thought it’s not a vacation) they have a lot of work before them when they return home.
two years ago
when the Nets traveled to London to play preseason games, it was the first time Devin Harris had been overseas. He’s been to China twice since as well as Europe again. Now, it’s Russia and China.
Speaking of Foreign subject, USA plays Lithuania Saturday at 12 noon on ESPN Classics.
USA beat Lithuania easily in the exhibition phase. Fear will be that USA will be overconfident and Lithuania will probably have a surprise. Argentina might have been an easier opponent for USA, because Americans would be psyched.
Here is the full FIBA schedule. There are 2 losers contests tomorrow.
http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/p/schedule.html
Final is Sunday at 2:30 against Turkey (or Serbia). Wonder if Proky will fly in? He likes to go to Big games.
I suppose there's a possibility
The question is what are the Yankees doing.
Well, the ALDS (should it go a full 5) ends Oct 12 and ALCS beings Oct 15. Regardless though, there is a 12 hour difference between Beijing and the East Coast, so a 7PM game in China would be 7AM over here.
There's always Carrino
I bet he goes on the trip and the Nets could video tape the open practice in Moscow themselves. Not to mention Russian TV. There is a Russian version of ESPN.
As for China, NBA TV is likely. but I don’t know.
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